Passivating contacts for silicon solar cells based on boron-diffused recrystallized amorphous silicon and thin dielectric interlayers
A technique to make poly-Si (p+)/SiOx contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells based on doping PECVD intrinsic amorphous silicon (a-Si) by means of a thermal BBr3 diffusion process is demonstrated. The thickness of the a-Si layer and the temperature of the boron diffusion are optimized in terms...
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Published in | Solar energy materials and solar cells Vol. 152; pp. 73 - 79 |
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Main Authors | , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Elsevier B.V
01.08.2016
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Summary: | A technique to make poly-Si (p+)/SiOx contacts for crystalline silicon solar cells based on doping PECVD intrinsic amorphous silicon (a-Si) by means of a thermal BBr3 diffusion process is demonstrated. The thickness of the a-Si layer and the temperature of the boron diffusion are optimized in terms of suppressing carrier recombination and transport losses. Different interfacial layers are studied, including ultra-thin SiOx grown either chemically or thermally, and stacks of SiOx and SiNx. While the double SiOx/SiNx interlayers do not achieve the desired performance, both kinds of single SiOx layers produce satisfactory passivating contacts, with both a low recombination current and a low contact resistivity. By adjusting the boron diffusion temperature, recombination current parameter J0 values of ~16fA/cm2 to ~30fA/cm2 have been obtained for structures with initial a-Si thicknesses of 36–46nm, together with a contact resistivity of ~8mΩcm2.
•It describes a technique to make poly-Si contacts based on BBr3 diffusion and intrinsic a-Si.•The thickness of a-Si and temperature of boron diffusion are optimized.•We studied different interfacial layers, including single SiOx and stacks of SiOx and SiNx.•The degradation observed after FGA can be solved by doping poly-Si contacts. |
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ISSN: | 0927-0248 1879-3398 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.03.033 |